but maybe they would have averted it? Without being a punchable bore I'm sure the Bush administration 'let it happen' whereas a Democratic administration may have stop it? Anyway its all hindsight conjecture so any opinions on this are erroneous really aren't they?

I'm not doing that many silly typos tonight. Have I got my 'grown up' hat on?

but what i meant by accountability is that in a system like america is that effectively what happens with the president is that once he's elected he can more or less do whatever he pleases, with relatively few restrictions.
having the house of representatives and/or the senate held by the opposition could force more openness from the white house.
more openness which could help to highlight some of the grave errors that have been made over the past 4 or 5 years.